
The author describes selected legal views and scientific theses of Eugeniusz Waśkowski. The article proves that Waśkowski based his academic considerations in civil law
development on theories drawn from French, German, and Austrian studies. To explain the principle of the autonomy of the parties of a legal relationship, which was guaranteed by European codes, he refers to the views of French lawyers. He explains the limitations of this principle based on the opinions of German science (neighborhood law) and of Joseph Charmont (the phenomenon of ,,socialization of law”). His works also addressed the issue of compiling
civil law in Russia, showing the reasons for the declining codification trend in that country in the 19th century. In the views on the codification of civil procedure in Europe and Poland, an essential element was that Waśkowski drew attention to creating a basic catalog of procedural rules and a ,,system of procedural rights”, derived from the theory of subjective rights.